Meaning

2 senses

  1. A person who is employed to sweep streets, pavements, and gutters, keeping them clear of litter.

    Straßenkehrer, Straßenfeger

    дво́рникdvórnik, му́сорщикmúsorščik

  2. (broadly)A machine used to sweep streets.

    Kehrmaschine

    подмета́льная маши́наpodmetálʹnaja mašína

More definitions
  • a worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department)

Examples

2 sentences

  1. The street sweeper cleaned the road every morning.

    deDer Straßenfeger machte jeden Morgen die Straße sauber. — Waldelfe

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  2. Tom is a street sweeper.

    ruТом - уборщик улиц. — Selena777

    deTom ist Straßenkehrer. — Esperantostern

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
person employed to sweep streets, etc.:
machine used to sweep streets:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person employed to sweep streets, etc.:
machine used to sweep streets:

Forms

plural: street sweepers

Synonyms

8 synonyms
scavengerC2metro aideroadsweeperscaffiescaffystreetcleanerwhitewingstreet cleaner
Close in meaning
  • a worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department):street cleaner

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
streamlinestreetA1streetcarstreetlightstrengthA2
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